Category: Off Topic
Lightning talks, and not…
Lightning talks seem scary, but are in fact one of the best ways to introduce yourself to public speaking in general. Once you can do one of these, you can easily relax some of the rules for longer pr... Read More
Why do I have a BA in Computer Science?
The fact that I had a BA in computer science rather than a BS seemed to be a real stickler for the hiring manager.... Read More
Job Search 101
...now please copy and paste the information about every job, every school you've ever gone to, every project you've ever done, and every technology you've ever used from the above resources into this... Read More
When “Failure Culture” Fails
It's a concern that Tesla is not worried about building things right the first time. It's a problem that they already have a rework facility near their factory to repair things that weren't done right... Read More
SCaLE 16x Lightning Talk: “You’re a Failure! Now what?”
SCaLE is special and this worked well for the crowd there. There's a reason I wanted SCaLE to be the first conference where I gave a talk, and was happy for UpScale to be the first place I tried out a... Read More
2017 Wrapup: Top Reads
I've been curating my social media, as I do at the end of every year. By "curating" I mostly mean "deleting annoying rants" but also a whole lot of stuff that was timely when posted but irrelevant a w... Read More